Re: [Flexradio] OK, I broke something

2016-02-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote: > ...and what, pray tell, are the most probable causes of a long term DPC > hit? > Ya know, I have a real-time stock price feed coming in to my laptop all day, feeding an Excel spreadsheet through the RDS server. This puts a big load

Re: [Flexradio] palette integration?

2015-08-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Jim Aspinwall via FlexRadio < flexradio@flex-radio.biz> wrote: > I didn't know Palette existed but that's exactly what I thought of... > > 1. palette integration? (Pete M) > > That is very slick. Thanks for posting it, Pete! In fact, it would be an even better fi

Re: [Flexradio] Radio Control

2015-07-31 Thread Tony Estep
Bill, controlling the Flex with the Hercules was a true stroke of genius, and it cost only 65 bucks. The new Flexes revert to the mouse-tuning model, but Flex has announced a very nice add-on called the Maestro that can do what the Hercules used to do. It will be available late this year for $999.

[Flexradio] WRTC Video

2015-03-13 Thread Tony Estep
Whether or not you are a contester, if you love ham radio you will love this. The operators are awesome, the organizers did a great job, and it's just generally a really cool video. Really cool! 73, Tony KT0NY https://vimeo.com/119947598 ___ FlexRadio S

[Flexradio] WRTC Video

2015-03-13 Thread Tony Estep
Whether or not you are a contester, if you love ham radio you will love this. The operators are awesome, the organizers did a great job, and it's just generally a really cool video. Really cool! 73, Tony KT0NY https://vimeo.com/119947598 ___ FlexRadio S

Re: [Flexradio] Flex5000

2015-03-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Ken Danser via FlexRadio < flexradio@flex-radio.biz> wrote: > Something like Never Buy Another Radio Again This thread has really brought the reflector back to life, after a period of nearly complete inactivity that seemed to be threatening the death o

Re: [Flexradio] Test

2015-02-08 Thread Tony Estep
This thread has drawn more posts than any in a long time. The same topic came up a while back and eventually there was a response from Flex saying that things weren't gonna go back to the old way. For me, the new scheme seems to have little to offer, so I'll just hang out here and read the few post

Re: [Flexradio] I received a replacement Flex 3000 radio in April 2013. Noticed the serial number was 0000-0000 . How due I change it ?

2014-10-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: > ...submit a support ticket...Make sure to include your radio's serial > number This is what's known as Catch-22! Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-ra

Re: [Flexradio] FW: Unhandled exception?

2014-09-14 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Eric Lowell wrote: > ...The thing will run for a variable amount of time and the throw the > error == One possibility is a mysterious driver conflict or error, or overflow of a buffer inside the Flex driver. As Rich W3ZJ says, the program code is rec

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community

2014-09-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Don Plunkett wrote: > I am detecting a Schism... === actually the comments that have been posted have been unanimous. But history suggests that they will go unanswered, or if answered, will be rejected. Tony KT0NY _

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community (was Re: Moving to the FLEX6300)

2014-09-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Jack wrote: > ...If I were you, I'd lookfor another software vendor. === Actually just putting the whole thing in a Yahoo group might solve the whole thing. People who want can get it as emails; one can attach pictures if desired; the search function is go

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR freezing

2014-07-12 Thread Tony Estep
> > some thing has changed or it has developed a fault... > === Craig, it might be a process that is communicating with the cloud. Any connection to the Internet on a machine running PSDR may, sooner or later, to cause trouble. And now that so many common software applications communica

Re: [Flexradio] PSDR frequency calibration?

2014-06-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Richard Solomon wrote: > ...what are you using to measure the frequency and > has it been calibrated recently ?... > == He sez his receiver is off at 10 MHz and 20MHz, i.e. he's using WWV. Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRad

Re: [Flexradio] RE VAC pay vs free option

2014-04-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Jim Rodgers wrote: > I...found a FREE alternative that works with no issues == That is very cool, Jim. I've always thought that the reliance on VAC was a bit problematic. The new 6000 series solves this by providing for hardware cables, but for those wh

Re: [Flexradio] CW

2014-03-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Brian wrote: > ...Got my old trusty MorseMatic back in the circuit and I can once again > send code Yep. External keyer, problem solved. Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-rad

Re: [Flexradio] Flex freezing

2014-03-15 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:13 PM, dave dabay wrote: > ...I am going to have to face the music and build a Win7 machine...my > bet is on "something" annoying Windows/CPU > == Dave, we've all been there at one time or another. I think it may be something in the drivers for PSDR. NaP3, whic

Re: [Flexradio] Thank You Flexors

2014-03-12 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:28 PM, William and Susan wrote: > ...I now have the Hercules DJ program in as well as Bobs Meter > program.I have learned that I now like Digital and will learn to use it > more === That is excellent, Bill! Neal has come to the rescue of many Flexers an

Re: [Flexradio] SDR

2014-03-02 Thread Tony Estep
Google returns this link: http://www.dh1tw.de/powersdr-ui Tony KT0NY On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:15 PM, William and Susan wrote: > I ordered a device as mentioned earlier. It said I need to download Power > SDR- UI now I have read a lot of the articles today but I can not fine > where you dow

Re: [Flexradio] controller

2014-03-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:18 AM, William and Susan wrote: > Can anyone give me the exact name of the DJ controller Bill, the one I have says MP3-E2 on the front. All the documentation for what you need is on the website of Tobias, DH1TW. There's also a small Yahoo group devoted to i

Re: [Flexradio] F3K acting up

2014-02-01 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Dave Gomberg wrote: > There sure are a ton of bugs in PSDR > == Well, it's true that coding and testing errors remain, even at this late date. But a lot of the problems arise from the fact that the design of putting the radio inside the computer,

Re: [Flexradio] Cannot get my Flex PC to recognize my new Flex Control - I think

2014-01-08 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Jim Jannuzzo wrote: > ... forced the Knob's port assignment in Windows Device Manager > === What Jim said! That way you have control of what's happening, Brad. 73, Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing Lis

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR vs NaP3

2014-01-04 Thread Tony Estep
the main purpose of NaP3 is to give the screen functionality of PSDR for radios other than Flex. When fed with I-Q signals (from an appropriate adapter if necessary), it provides the panadapter, mouse tuning, and other computer controls of PSDR to any transceiver. You can listen to the SDR via the

Re: [Flexradio] Noise Sidebands, Article by SM5BSZ

2013-10-16 Thread Tony Estep
Very good analysis by SM5BSZ. In addition to the points he makes about Flex transmitters, the question he asks about the ARRL reviews seems to raise a serious problem. ARRL has identified key-click problems and certain other transmitter artifacts in their reviews, but this phase noise issue is neve

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 101, Issue 11

2013-09-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Frank Allen wrote: > I just prefer CW > --- Me too. If you are a CW op, the KX3 is the choice. Don't choose based on the panadaptor; it is trivially easy to get the exact same display and mouse controls with the KX3 by using the free software

Re: [Flexradio] Software for Flex 1500

2013-08-25 Thread Tony Estep
Tim, the Flex radios have their own sound card. They do not output I-Q signals to your computer that can be decoded by typical SDR software, and their USB connection works differently from, say, a Softrock. In the case of a Softrock there's a USB connection for tuning and to work the controls, and

Re: [Flexradio] Dream DRC AAC Decoder

2013-06-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darrin Kohn wrote: > ...I got DREAM to work. I found the faad2 file and compiled it and put it > on my website > > got to ke9ns.com/flexpage.html... === For those who haven't checked out Darrin's page, it is an excellent resource, of which the DREAM s

Re: [Flexradio] CW keying latency issue with the Flex 1500

2013-06-18 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Mark M wrote: > ...I would dearly love there to be no limit... === Mark, if you just want to be able to send good CW at typical qso speeds, I highly recommend the Picokeyer: http://www.hamgadgets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=89 It

Re: [Flexradio] Creating a startup script

2013-06-14 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Ronald G. Parsons wrote: > There must be a script == Ron, you can write a .bat file to do it. Save it on your desktop and launch everything by clicking on the .bat file's icon. Here's a sample. It applies to a different setup, but is analogous

Re: [Flexradio] New monitors, now I cannot find the window for CW SKimmer Callsign list

2013-05-27 Thread Tony Estep
Mark, my computer-scientist son points out that this can probably be remedied by simply pressing Win-Arrow, where Win refers to the Windows key (lower left, between Fn and Alt) and Arrow refers to the right or left arrow key. Tony KT0NY On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Mark Lunday wrote: > I

Re: [Flexradio] New monitors, now I cannot find the window for CW SKimmer Callsign list

2013-05-27 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Mark Lunday wrote: > the window is not showing on either monitor > > = Mark, this has happened to me with VE7CC. It doesn't correctly save window location info when you have multiple monitors. Try this: turn off computer, unplug one monitor, boot

Re: [Flexradio] The Dirty Little Secret of Firmware

2013-05-20 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Jon Hall wrote: > ...I believe the Signature series overcomes this somewhat by moving the > computer back into the radio = Correct. However, not everybody saw it that way. When some of the cognoscenti began to discuss the probable features of the upco

Re: [Flexradio] The Dirty Little Secret of Firmware

2013-05-20 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Les Rayburn wrote: > .How long before Icom, Yaesu, and Kenwood begin to offer SDR models > too?... Well, in many cases it's not hard to get IF out from an xcvr, feed that into an LP-Pan or SDR-IQ, and feed the resulting I-Q into a version of PSDR. T

Re: [Flexradio] MFC Application Error

2013-04-27 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: > ...hard to imagine what it could be > = If it had to do with a video card, it could be something to do with a buffer that is running over while waiting for the card's driver to take more data due to some handshaking bits getting hosed. O

Re: [Flexradio] On the subject of RF grounding

2012-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: > ...following the recent post on RF ingress and RF grounding... For a lot of excellent info on common mode currents, station grounding, lightning protection, and RF in the shack, check out: http://w8ji.com/ground_systems.htm If y

Re: [Flexradio] Twas the night after Christmas

2012-12-25 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Burt wrote: > Isn't this the promised 4th quarter? > = Still 3 business days left, Burt. Be patient. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR for Home Made SDR

2012-12-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:33 PM, William Bathgate wrote: > What version of the current software builds supports a Softrock... = Bill, you can find out all about various SDR software and much more at the Softrock SDR group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/ In addition to PSDR, t

Re: [Flexradio] Hercules knobs

2012-11-06 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Michael Walker wrote: > ...What a great addition to my 5000. I just love the 2 vfo knobs... == Mike, you're so right. If you chase dx and work split, the Herc opens up a new world. And it has many uses in other applications as well. If you're looking for

Re: [Flexradio] need some info

2012-09-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:04 PM, John Molenda wrote: > ...I am having trouble learning DDutil , Vspmgr and virtual audio cables I > was hoping that with the new radio we might not need such software... John, the new radio will have hardware connections for serial ports and line in/ou

Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.

2012-08-23 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Lee Herbst wrote: > ..Will amateur radio still be around in 50 years?... === Good question, Lee. A recent QST editorial mentioned that ham club participation is decreasing because members can no longer see well enough to drive at night. That struck me as

Re: [Flexradio] FOR SALE: FLEX-5000A (with RX2, ATU & FlexControl Knob) and Desktop PC

2012-08-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Burt wrote: > I have no idea what you are talking about. > --- Ah, okay, no prob. Since the KX3 has I-Q out, you can get the familiar PSDR panadapter and SDR controls etc by feeding the I-Q into the appropriate version of PSDR, available for example at http://

Re: [Flexradio] FOR SALE: FLEX-5000A (with RX2, ATU & FlexControl Knob) and Desktop PC

2012-08-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Burt wrote: > sell the 1500 and replaced it with the KX3... = Burt, are you using PSDR-IF or NaP3 with your KX3 to get the same display, controls etc. that you get with a Flex radio? Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?d

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000

2012-08-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Dale Hankins wrote: > Looking for a flex 3000. == Dale, there have been several recently listed on QTH.com and also on this reflector. You can search postings on the reflector archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ and the Q

Re: [Flexradio] running

2012-07-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Jim - W4YXU wrote: > ...a routine that might be used in a batch file to determine if PSDR was > running... === Unless you have grep, the simplest idea seems to be to run tasklist /FI followed by find. Here's an example based on info I found on the Interne

Re: [Flexradio] Out of band crash

2012-07-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM wrote: > ...I wish they would just disable the transmit and not kill the program === I'm sure it's not on purpose. It's just an instance of something going into production without being tested. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/f

Re: [Flexradio] 2 Meter SDR

2012-06-27 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Joe Camilli wrote: > ...a 2 meter all-mode SDR transceiver... === Joe, you want the Softrock group on Yahoo. Lots of discussion of this sort of stuff there, and a lot of SDR expertise both in hardware and software design. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.ed

Re: [Flexradio] Win 7 trick

2012-06-19 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Al Waller wrote: > ...2.Name the new folder: > > GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-**825C-99712043E01C} > ... == Al, this is just about the coolest Windows trick I ever saw. Thanks much for posting. One of the really great pieces of info I've gotten from this r

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 Connection Problem

2012-06-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Jerry Moulder wrote: > ...So the only thing different in the connect/wouldn't connect scenarios > is the actual PC itself Jerry, this is a long shot, but it sounds like it could be the Firewire driver issue that was discussed just yesterday he

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 Audio Scratchy Noise Fixed

2012-06-15 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Ted Trostle wrote: > ...When I upgraded to WIN 7, the install process replaced the drivers for > the > built in Firewire adapter in my Toshiba laptop. By re-installing the OEM > legacy drivers.. Ted, I found something similar when I built a computer to

Re: [Flexradio] PSDR, WSJT and Win 7 Ultimate not playing well

2012-06-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Rick Tarbert wrote: > ...Appears Win 7 Ultimate will not let 2 programs use VAC at the same > time Hi Rick, No, Win 7 is not the problem. It's just that WSJT is looking in the wrong place for the audio streams. When WSJT comes up, there are two wind

Re: [Flexradio] Flex5000 for Field Day this year.

2012-06-12 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:58 PM, W6SDM Steve wrote: > ... I use multiple physical controls - both the Flex Control and a > Hercules box.. Very ingenious, Steve, good idea. For those who are interested in contesting and contest stations, the current issue of CQ magazine has an excellent

Re: [Flexradio] Amp for the 1500

2012-06-05 Thread Tony Estep
Here is a particularly nice, though pricey, kit: http://www.nikkemedia.fi/juma-pa100/ Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mail

Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions

2012-06-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jerry Coufal wrote: > ...an inherent risk, short supply life of components, for newer > faster moving technologies. This kind of problem could occur with many > products including the follow on series 6000 = Sure. You see it in every other electronic

Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice

2012-06-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Neal Campbell wrote: > The term obsolete just doesn't apply here... = Yeah, ultimately this becomes a semantic argument about the meaning of "obsolete". After all, lot of old equipment is totally serviceable for the purpose of ham communication. A 25-

Re: [Flexradio] Getting started 1500 any tips ?

2012-05-25 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:39 PM, MWM wrote: > There appears to be some sort of latency issue making it hard to > control the number of ending dits > === Mark, the straightforward way to deal with this is to use an outboard keyer with sidetone, and to turn off the sidetone from P

Re: [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ?

2012-05-24 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:26 AM, W1JCW wrote: > wanted to know what significant gains there would be... John, a significant gain is that the new design can receive several slices of spectrum at once. In other words, you can run a number of the lightweight display/control windows

Re: [Flexradio] Game changing WAS

2012-05-23 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Duane - N9DG wrote: > > My Hit or Miss claims, and some comments for just how close I got === You had it pretty well pegged, Duane. BTW, for some harmless amusement, one can go back through the reflector archives and read the various threads specula

[Flexradio] 6000 series

2012-05-20 Thread Tony Estep
It looks like there is a wealth of great ideas in this new design. First and foremost, the computer is inside the radio box where it belongs. This has come up repeatedly on the reflector and is really the key to finding the way forward. The server/client architecture offers a world of interesting

Re: [Flexradio] random time loud "white" noise?

2012-03-20 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Al K0VM wrote: >  As far as I know this is a Flex 1500 only problem. = It happened with my 1500, but when I connected a 3000 using the same computer and version of PSDR, it did not happen. At the time (about a year ago) Flex said to send the 1500 to the

Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11

2012-03-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Robert McGwier wrote: > In 4.09 and worse in 4.10 were errors that seriously hampered the preferred > Windows Sound Host (WDMKS).  This version, 4.11, seems to have those > completely fixed this and greatly improved the performance... === Based on Bob's rec

Re: [Flexradio] DC on Headphones

2012-03-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Clay W7CE wrote: >...The disadvantage is DC on the output > === Ah well, just another item to put on the list for the next generation of hardware. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 83, Issue 15

2012-03-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > Ah. I forgot to mention that put it is the second bullet item in the WSPR > article on the Wiki. === Yes, Mike posted to this thread that he updated the Wiki yesterday after Al figured this out. Tony KT0NY __

[Flexradio] WSPR and CAT

2012-03-15 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Al K0VM wrote: > ...Although WSPR shows all available COM ports, rigctl only supports COM1 thru > COM8... Very helpful, Al. I gather that you must have dug this out of the source code -- great work! Like many others, I made my port combos COM3->COM13, etc

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Audio Cable 4.11

2012-03-14 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Dave Gomberg wrote: >. Any idea what the subject line might > have been??? === Try looking for "Avangate Customer Service." good luck, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 _

Re: [Flexradio] 3000 and WSPR CAT control

2012-03-14 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > ...Change to using a 2nd port pair for PTT and using Kenwood TS-2000 for the > attached radio. > == That's the setup that does not work. Mike's previous posts enumerate the setups he has tried. His question is not what the basic setup is

Re: [Flexradio] 3000 and WSPR CAT control

2012-03-14 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Michael Walker wrote: > Has anyone had any issues getting WSPR to talk to the CAT port on the 3000? = Mike, I haven't been able to get it to automatically set the xmit frequency when I click on the Band selector, as it should do and does do wit

Re: [Flexradio] Phantom Cat Ports

2012-03-12 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Bill wrote: > I read this and it showed how to rid zombie or phantom cat ports === Bill, thanks for posting that trick. I saved your post in case I find myself in this sorry situation. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty

Re: [Flexradio] CAT problem partially solved

2012-03-12 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:06 PM, David Edwards wrote: >go into control panel and uninstall the drivers. They disappear from the >device manager. > Next reboot they are back. Then you uninstall the ports again and next reboot > they are back = Dave, did you try uninsta

[Flexradio] 3000 is sold

2012-03-12 Thread Tony Estep
Thanks to one and all. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-a

[Flexradio] Flex 3000 for sale

2012-03-11 Thread Tony Estep
My 3000 is a backup radio and is just not getting enough use. It works FB and is in excellent shape other than 3 small scrapes on the top, the longest about 1/2". Firewire cable included. $1200 and I'll split UPS ground shipping. Reply to this address or KT0NY at ARRL.NET. 73, Tony KT0NY -- ht

Re: [Flexradio] MIXW / PowerSDR Question.

2012-03-07 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Keith Goobie wrote: > This is a question for Flex digital mode users working with MIXW Keith, I am a MixW user but I confess I don't know much about Olivia. However, there is an excellent Yahoo Group devoted to MixW, and I have seen some comments a

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR v2.3.5 New Feature Alert #7: VAC for RX2 (VAC2)

2012-03-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: >...Using VAC2, you can define a VAC input and output audio > stream in PowerSDR v2.3.5 for RX2 (VFO-B) that allows for either simplex > operation, full duplex operation on cross band (satellite) or SO2R digital > mode operation...

[Flexradio] Everything you might want to know about the Flexcontrol

2012-02-24 Thread Tony Estep
For a rare glimpse into what it takes to design and build a commercial electronic gadget, plus a lot of other fascinating info, check out this interview with Stu, K6TU, the designer of the Flexcontrol. It's at: http://www.dh1tw.de/flex-control-interviewing-the-developer Tony KTØNY -- http://ww

Re: [Flexradio] MixW Setting Question

2012-02-23 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:40 PM, W6SDM Steve wrote: > I have MIxW configured and working - sort of. ... === On the subject of MixW, NK7Z has posted a nice quick-start for this program on his website at www.NK7Z.net. It won't help Steve's question directly, because it's not Flex-speci

Re: [Flexradio] This ain't pretty

2012-02-22 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM, F Feeney wrote: >...the following cycles may be weaker still. == Gee whiz, Kevin, that is grim. And just to add to the thickening gloom, I might note that there was a spike a couple of months ago that was as high as the projected top of the err

[Flexradio] This ain't pretty

2012-02-21 Thread Tony Estep
Maybe it's good news for the 80/160 crowd, or the 600 meter DXers: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml Tony KTØNY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] New HOWTO on Monitoring CAT Commands

2012-02-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Ian Wade G3NRW wrote: > Recently, while writing Excel VBA code for tools to manage the Kenwood > TS-590S, I found the need to monitor the CAT commands === Very good, Ian, thanks much. For those who may be interested in pursuing this, there is a comp

Re: [Flexradio] so impressed with my 1500

2012-02-11 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM, dave dabay wrote: >can you just create an > excel file and "convert" that to an adif? == Dave, if you can write VBA code you can use it to create an adif file from log entries in an Excel spreadsheet. I have done this to make Cabrillo files for contest log

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR 2.2.3 no longer works

2012-02-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Stan Grigaliunas wrote: >...the errors.  The first 7 lines start with... at >System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) . === Stan, I have never experienced this particular crash, but the .xml in the error message makes it sound as if your master database

Re: [Flexradio] new flex 300 for sale

2012-01-31 Thread Tony Estep
Brett, reading your QRZ page was a real blast from the past for me. I never had an AM rig like yours, but the guy who got me into ham radio, W0AJU, had one that was similar. A pair of 813s in push-pull for the RF deck (plug-in coils of course, swinging-link antenna coupling), modulated by a pair of

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and Malpelo Island

2012-01-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Rick McClelland, AA5S wrote: > I just worked HK0NA, Malpelo Island on 15 meters with my Flex 1500 > barefoot... Very nice, Rick. HK0NA is a terrific operation, with fine ops and great planning. For some excellent pictures that give a flavor of what they're

Re: [Flexradio] weird noise source popping up

2012-01-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Leif Asbrink wrote: >clever > SDR softwares should be able to predict (and subtract.) = A noble project, Leif. Sure would be a help to me in my noisy environment. Some particularly noisy night I'll record some and upload them to you. 73, Tony KT0NY _

Re: [Flexradio] RTTY Pile UP

2012-01-25 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: > Hello my friends: > I have a question for RTTY operators: > Have you tried "listen" split with a flex radio. Ruben, Sure you can. If you want, you can hear the DX in one ear and the pile in the other, just like the radio y

Re: [Flexradio] [Flex radio] KPA500 great accessory for Flex rigs

2012-01-09 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote: > Of course now that I have one of the Hercules "DJ Control" boards, and can > "spin knobs" with my Flex 5000, I think the Kenwood's days are numbered! Agreed, Jim. The best thing about the FT1000 series and their successors was th

Re: [Flexradio] [Flex radio] KPA500 great accessory for Flex rigs

2012-01-08 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote: > The FT-1000MP was the first Yaesu radio with DSP. == You're right, Jim, I was confused. Actually I had a FT1000MP for many years and loved it. The DSP was pretty good, although not like the ones we enjoy today. It had shift, width, NR, NB,

Re: [Flexradio] [Flex radio] KPA500 great accessory for Flex rigs

2012-01-08 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Jim Cox wrote: > ...I believe the K3 has  a variable DSP filter... == Correct. Roofing filters and DSP filters are two different things. The K3 has DSP filters with variable shift/width, as do nearly all modern radios, including Flex, Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood and Te

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] Re: Transmit spikes - continuing problem

2012-01-06 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Bob McGwier wrote: > > I...did the SDR software with AB2KT with contributions... >... search and pounce NOTHING beats a Flex with its fantastic display... Another illuminating post from Bob M. It's also worth noting that the PSDR display can be obtained wit

Re: [Flexradio] changing default wav file location

2012-01-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Jim Jannuzzo wrote: > > ...Use Ray K9DUR Voice Keyer == When you're using any voice keyer (highly recommended, btw), it's a worthwhile idea to prepare your recorded .wav files using Audacity (see my previous post on this subject). This month's CQ magazi

Re: [Flexradio] XMIT spike problem

2012-01-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:15 PM, wrote: ...it is possible that there is stray DC leaking out of an integral preamp built into > the mic = Well, in Bill's first post he mentioned having tried several mikes and even having bought a mike hoping to find one that doesn't show this symptom.

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM

2012-01-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Steven Hess wrote: > For some of us this it is almost impossible. Ah, ham radio changes and evolves. The no-code license was a big controversy in its day, but now just a few years later no-code hams are in the majority. About half of U.S. li

Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues

2012-01-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:25 PM, N7BCP wrote: > ...is there no hope that PowerSDR can automatically recover from a DPC > latency spike? === Larry, that's a very interesting question. Audio recording software (Cubase, Ableton, Motu, Sonar, etc.) operates with a real-time stream of audio data, b

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM

2012-01-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Rick Tharrington wrote: > ... Got a nice tube AM transmitter ... = Rick, if you feel like a little home-brewing, here's a terrific AM transmitter that will rule the band: http://home.comcast.net/~mmosh/w3phl/w3phl.html It'll make you lots of friends, t

Re: [Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

2012-01-01 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Richard Lawn wrote: >...Now all I have to do is look at some of the users Hercules setups and >decide how I want to configure it. > Success is sweet! == Yep, Tobias's site and the Yahoo group both have many pictures of various setups. It's surprising and intere

Re: [Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

2012-01-01 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Richard Lawn wrote: >  ...I can't get it to run === Richard, this actually sounds like a psdr problem, since that .dll is not associated with the Herc drivers. The pal.dll is a FlexRadio Systems file, and is not modified by the installation of psdr-ui. The o

[Flexradio] propagation

2011-12-31 Thread Tony Estep
There are lots of propagation sites and programs, but this one is especially convenient to use and tells you what you want to know in a really understandable way. After you set up the defaults, it stores them in a cookie and they'll be there when you come back. Over the past year or so that I've be

Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and Skimmer

2011-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: > Has anyone got CW Skimmer working in a VSPE setup (the cat function)? == Neal, I have used it with DDUtil. After some fiddling I got it going FB, showing both VFO A and B, etc. Is that what you're looking to do? Tony KT0NY _

Re: [Flexradio] Recommendations for TX equalizer

2011-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Leif Asbrink wrote: > The general conclusion is that clipping will give about a 10 dB > advantage... I am always interested in Leif's well-researched and informative posts. Here's another note to add to the SSB-punch issue. When you're talking you c

Re: [Flexradio] operating

2011-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Stu Phillips wrote: >... Tuning around a pile up trying to hear who is working the DX is much more > time consuming when you can use the Pandadaptor (I prefer the Panafall > myself because of the near history view you get) and simply click === This is true

Re: [Flexradio] operating

2011-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Larry DiGioia wrote: >... Split operation... = Larry, the radio is excellent for split operation but the user interface is poor for that purpose. If you try to operate split DX with mouse clicks you'll soon be missing your Orion. However, there's a terrific

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Control Knob

2011-12-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:25 PM, W2BLC wrote: > Just wondering if you have the FlexControl plugged into a USB 3.0 port? Mine > would not work there so I put it onto a USB 2.0 ... = I don't have a Flex knob so this is just speculation, but I did have a similar situation with an older USB ga

Re: [Flexradio] New toys - was AMD chip

2011-12-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: > It would be nice if there were a word template... I bet that if you posted such a request on the PSDR-UI group (yahoo groups) that somebody might volunteer to concoct one. However, if I'm visualizing this right, it would have holes

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